Although the Department & Discount Retail industry saw advancing Revenue by 2.6%, Big Lots Inc announced 0.48% year on year sales decline in the third quarter 2017, to $ 1.11 billions, and underperformed the 6.45% Revenue growth in the Retail sector. Retail sector grew above market average, while Department & Discount Retail industry and Big Lots Inc results underperformed, in the third quarter.

Top-line fell by -9.05% from the second quarter. Average annual sales growth for Big Lots Inc is -0.01%, while S & P 500's average yearly sales increase is 13.03%, including only Businesses with the third quarter 2017 financial results.

Bottom-line fell by -85.07% from the second quarter results. Comparing the annual growth, income per share of 2.18% on average in last five years, to the S & P 500's, including only Businesses with the third quarter 2017 earnings, average yearly income per share growth is 13.81%. Big Lots Inc grew less than the market.